How to set up Motion Detect Alarms on a WinBook D5008DH DVR

Description: This article will show how to set up a motion detect alarm on a WinBook D5008DH DVR.

  1. Right click on the preview screen and select Main Menu.
    WinBook DVR preview menu
  2. Select the admin username, enter the password and click OK. The default password for the account is 123456 if you have not previously changed it. NOTE: This prompt may not show if you are already logged in. Proceed to the next step once logged in.
    WinBook DVR System Login
  3. Click Configuration.
    WinBook DVR Main Menu
  4. Click Alarm.
    WinBook DVR Configuration Menu
  5. Click on the Detect tab and select a Channel. Alarms on each channel are configured separately.
    WinBook DVR Alarm Menu Detect Tab
  6. Check Motion Detect, select a sensitivity and click on set area.
    WinBook DVR Alarm Menu Detect Tab
  7. Select what areas of the view are to set off the alarm. Pink covered areas will trigger the alarm. Right click to go back.
    WinBook DVR Area select
  8. Click Process.
    WinBook DVR Alarm Menu Detect Tab
  9. Click on Set next to a day to configure that day.
    WinBook DVR Period Menu
  10. You can configure 1 to 6 periods for a given day. To set all day leave one period settings to default 00:00 – 24:00, check off which periods to have the alarm active, and then check off what days in the week to have the alarm active. Click OK when done.
    WinBook DVR Alarm Menu
  11. Click on the Linkage Set tab and check off what the DVR does when the alarm is triggered. Click on Select to configure each one. PTZ is not supported.
    WinBook DVR Alarm Menu
  12. Record Channel will record the selected channels.
    WinBook DVR Channel Selections
  13. Tour will start touring on the live view screen.
    WinBook DVR Channel Selections
  14. Snapshot will take a snap shot on the selected channels.
    WinBook DVR Channel Selections
  15. Click Process and you can either have a message shown on the DVR screen or have the DVR emit a buzzer sound when an alarm is triggered. Click OK when done.
    WinBook DVR Alarm Menu
  16. Click Preferences Start to test and click OK when done.
    WinBook DVR Alarm Menu

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